The Anbar capital Ramadi fell to ISIS over the weekend after weeks of fighting, and ISIS looted a number of armored Iraqi vehicles left behind, including tanks and artillery.

Pentagon forces continue to reiterate their belief that Ramadi will be retaken “near term” and continue to downplay the seriousness of the defeat.

Despite the Pentagon’s attempts to portray Ramadi as of no real consequences, it is hard to imagine the city of 500,000 people, capital of the nation’s largest province and just 70 miles from Baghdad isn’t a loss of major consequence.

The provision of US anti-tank missiles to destroy US-made tanks looted by ISIS has a nice symmetry to it, though the tendency of Iraqi troops to abandon weapons means this could be the biggest influx of US anti-tank missiles to ISIS since the CIA stopped throwing them willy-nilly at any Syrian faction they liked.

Author: Jason Ditz

The USG could probably save time and ship the (1000) anti-tank
missiles straight to ISIS.

The waste of resources by political hacks and psychopaths in the
Beltway boggles the mind. They remind me of deadbeats in a
restaurant, who after dinner, bolt, and stick (us), the USG
taxpayers with the bill.

Just a question: Are the Iraqis paying (up front) for these missiles (which will most likely end up in the ISIS arsenal) or are the American taxpayers feeling generous…again…as if the American taxpayer is likely to be asked, of course.